2023 Best Value Dance Schools in the Southeast Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Dance School for You
Dance is the #161 most popular major in the country with 3,288 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Dance Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 36 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for dance students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern Mississippi the best value school in the Southeast Region for dance students. Southern Miss is a large public school located in the small city of Hattiesburg.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Southern Miss are $11,204 a year.
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Out of the 36 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public college with a very large student population.
USF Tampa undergraduate students pay an average of $17,324 in tuition and fees each year.
USF Tampa excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Dance Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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Out of the 36 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNC Charlotte are $20,622 a year. The average amount in student loans that dance majors at UNC Charlotte take out is $26,500.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UNC Charlotte also did well on our Best Dance Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Dance Schools in the Southeast Region list. Florida State is a very large public school located in the city of Tallahassee.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Florida State are $21,683 a year. The average amount in student loans that dance majors at Florida State take out is $21,861.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Florida State also did well on our Best Dance Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best dance schools in the Southeast Region . UGA is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Athens.
UGA undergraduate students pay an average of $31,108 in tuition and fees each year.
UGA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Dance Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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Valdosta State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Dance Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Valdosta, VSU is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at VSU are $17,638 a year.
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University of Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for dance students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UF are $28,659 per year. On average, dance graduates from UF take out $18,250 in student loans while working on their degree.
In addition to its great value ranking, UF is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Dance Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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Duke University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Duke are $60,244 per year.
Duke also took the #1 spot in our Best Dance Schools in the Southeast Region rankings.
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Radford University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the small suburb of Radford, Radford is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Radford undergraduate students pay an average of $23,624 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Radford is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Dance Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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University of North Carolina School of the Arts did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for dance students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem, UNCSA is a public college with a small student population.
UNCSA undergraduate students pay an average of $26,175 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that dance majors at UNCSA take out is $23,676.
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Explore the best dance colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 56 |
| Virginia | 69 |
| North Carolina | 125 |
| Florida | 117 |
| Tennessee | 9 |
| Kentucky | 14 |
| South Carolina | 36 |
| Louisiana | 17 |
| Arkansas | 8 |
| Alabama | 56 |
| Mississippi | 32 |
| West Virginia | 1 |
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Dance Related Majors for Dance
One of 10 majors within the area of study, dance has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Dance
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Fine & Studio Arts | 37,413 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 36,301 |
| Music | 25,910 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 17,341 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 16,778 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Jazzart Dance Theatre.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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